Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-06
THE RAILROADS.
Weatherford Receives q Proposition
from Second Road to Build
to Her Confines.
The Fort Worth Western-The Fort worth
and Rio Granda-The Fort Worth and
Denver CitY-Home Notes.
Home Notes.

J. W. Dickinson, superintendent OF the
Missouri Pacific, went north yesterday.
H. C. Brown, travelling auditor OF the
Texas and Pacific Railway, was II the
city last night.
T. II. Kingsley, the travelling passenger
agent of the Louisville and Nashville, was
in the city yesterday.
Thursday night the Fort Worth Western
engineers a,e to be in camp, and gener-
al forward movement is to be made.
Col. Morgan Jones, president of the
Fort Worth and Denver, was in the city
yesterday after trip to the pine country.
1t was said yesterday that the Fort
Worth and Denver had selected from five
prellmiuaries liae On which to build
from Hodge.
Nearly two miles of track is lsid on the
Atchison-SaBta Fee in the Territory from
Red river. 1t looks as if that twenty-five
miles will go down in January.
Now is good time to discuss big car
shops at Fort Worth. The railroad com
panies, It is stated on good authority,
will lend encouragement to move OF the
kind.
The next California excursion train will
leave Fort Worth on the 18th inst. Two
trains will run to Fort Worth, where
they will he consolidated. The train
leaves at $40 p. m.
A prominent railroad man stated last
night that there could be no question
about the ST. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
coming to Fort Worth fr IN Piano. He
said that was G settled fact
By the 18th of January tracklay1ng Is
to begin on the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande, and ten miles are to be laid by
February l. This Is what gentleman
near the powers that be says about it,
The executive committee of the Denton
Western WAS IN session yesterday, but did
nothing of O. public nature, although
transacting important business. The
plans for the building OF the road are
now well under way.
President Jones of the Fort Worth and
Denver says it will be about the goth
before the track is laid to whert the Pan
handle Construction Company begins
work. All arrangements for quick work
have been made by the company.
Col L. L. Keller, superintendent OF the
Rio Grande division of the Texas and
Pacific and Tralnmaster judy went up
to the Strawn coal mines yesterday, and
from there out west. The spur track is
now completed to the mines, and coal will
soon be brought to this city.
Capt Thomas F. West of the Jacksboro
railroad committee retur' home to-day,
and will probably just be in time to well
come Chief Engineer Hall and assistants.
The Fort Worth Western has askedJ acks
boro to make the road proposition, and
Jacksboro has answered "name your
figure" which the company will probably
do. As is known, Graham has said what
she is willing to do.
President Strong of the Atchison, and
number of wealthy Eastern men interest
ed in the Southern Kansas of Texas, Will
arrive in this city on January so
in a special car, and will
be in Fort Worth in two or three days.
The stockholders meeting will be held
here on February l, when the issuing of
mortgage bonds will be determined on.
There was rumor floating around
yesterday that surveying corps
would be in the field before the meeting
and that the presence OF Assistant Chief
Engineer Sherman in Fort Worth for
day or two had something to do with the
matter. BY March l it looks very much
as if all of the roads chartered from Fort
Worth will be building on solid mother
earth.